Analysis of random number generated by quantum noise source and software entropy source

Abstract

This article shows that quantum noise source can be used as an entropy source to generate random number. We first collect entropy source output from software implemented random number generator and quantum random number generator and estimate minimum entropy of the entropy sources. We also generate random number by pseudorandom number generator mechanism. It was shown that quantum entropy source can work as a good entropy source and the random numbers generated by quantum entropy source contains enough randomness by performing statistical test.